Its a tight fit. Had a little difficulty getting the side screw to line up as others mentioned but did not have to file to fit. Now, the Ruger polymer mags don't seem to lock into place as the AI Ruger metal mags do so I do have to hold a little pressure upwards to assist feeding. The new AICS style Pmags do fit better than the Ruger polymer but are difficult to remove when released. I'll look at that issue later....

By
M1A Fan from
Texas

Highly Recommended,
February 23, 2015

I had to lightly file the back part of the locking tab to get this to fit allowing a perfect line up of all other parts.
The much larger trigger guard is exactly what I wanted in my scout rifle. Only bummer was that I paid the original $200 + price, then saw it lowered to $199, then now on sale for $99!!!! So I went ahead and bought a second one on sale for my next scout rifle.

By
CP from
Central Oklahoma

A slight fix needed.,
April 29, 2014

Had the same problem last month. The new alloy guard dropped right in for a perfect fit in the stock inletting but the the cross bolt (Ruger part no. D-95) would only make it thru the trigger guard hole and not quite line up with the stock cross bolt nut (Ruger part no. D-90). Holding the rifle together with my hands and using a small flash light I could see the hole in the guard was a fraction of a millimeter low. Confirmed same by using a digital caliper and comparing with the old plastic guard. While there was not much metal to play with at the back of the the new guard, there was enough to over size the hole just slightly. You need to have a decent press drill, press drill vice and a good selection of fractional drill bits to do this. Just square it up carefully and go slow. Had to slightly over size the hole twice and then the cross bolt cleared and screwed right into the cross bolt nut. Took me a lot longer to figure out what was wrong and how to fix it then doing the actual work. Everything is nice and tight and should shoot well. Otherwise a very nice trigger guard and looks great.
JJK

By
Retired Marine from
Claxton, GA

Very nice work , But !,
April 22, 2014

This addition to my Scout is very nice , But I had to do a little bit of filing on the tab at the top of the magazine well that locks it into the Rifle assembly, otherwise I could not get the horizontal screw through the stock to line up with the corresponding hole in the magazine well. Otherwise very nice , magazines are nice and snug , even the metal ones. and that nice big trigger guard for my big hands is awsome. Overall, money well spent !

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